W Tennis

Lady Tornado Fall 6-1 to Mars Hill

Mar 11, 2012

MARS HILL, N.C. – The backend of the King men's lineup came through once again to help the team on to its eighth straight victory and remain undefeated on the season. The women's team fell to the host Mars Hill Lions, falling to 2-6 on the year.

Patrick Jones (Bluff City, Tenn.) and Seth Hale (Knoxville, Tenn.) earned wins in the fifth and sixth flights to help solidify the win for King. Jones took Zach High three sets and came back down one to tie the match at four points apiece. After falling in the first set, 5-7, Jones went on to win easily in the second and third sets, 6-3, 6-2. Seth Hale clinched the victory with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Michael Melvill.

Also pulling down wins for the Tornado in singles play was sophomore Jose Avilla (2-6, 6-4, 3-0 – medical withdrawal).

Leo Brigato (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Vitor Villar (Amparo, Brazil) teamed up to get King's first doubles win over Lucas Simm and Guilherme Lima, 9-8. The combination of Jones and Hale led King to a 6-3, 6-2 victory, to guide King to a 2-1 lead going into singles play.

King has now won each of its first eight matches of the season without suffering a defeat.

The women's team fell by a 6-1 final to the Lions. Mars Hill took both doubles flights and took five of six singles. King's point came after a medical withdrawal by Jacqueline Rouquet when scheduled to meet Eden Sherrod.

King will host its next two matches against Milligan (March 15) and conference foe Lees-McRae (March 21). The men defeated Milligan during the fall season, 9-0, while the women lost, 5-0.